@OnePlanetDTP PhD student reconstructing and modelling meromictic lakes. @NU_Geog. Views are my own.
Northumbria University, UK
Joined April 2019
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⚠️ Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland is choking on toxic algae for the 3rd year.
🐟 Wildlife dying. 🎣 Fisheries, tourism shut.
💧 40% of NI’s drinking water at risk.
🧪 Climate, runoff, sewage fueling it.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/tLbdgEq0tNg
#LoughNeagh #HABs #Water #NorthernIreland
Leeza Pickering retweeted
🆕PhD opportunity in sea ice modelling!
🧊Tracing the Impact of Timing and Location of Flooding on Arctic Sea Ice Thickness
Find out more and apply today 👇
findaphd.com/phds/project/tr…
Leeza Pickering retweeted
TMS Image Competition 2025 has started and each participant can join it twice! The 12 winning images will be featured on TMS Calendar 2026.
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Share the news with your friends and update your membership in case it has expired on: tmsoc.org/membership/#join
Leeza Pickering retweeted
Paleoenvironmental Research Lab @Uniwersytet_GD is looking for a PhD student interested in #paleolimnology #lakes #sediments #geochronology @YoungGeomorphPL @IAGAIG @varveswg #phdchat
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No advert out yet, but I will be recruiting a 2yr postdoc, start date autumn 2025, at @livunigeog soon. Lowland and upland peatlands, GHGs, DOM and water chemistry. Plenty of fieldwork. Feel free to drop me a DM or email if you might be interested, and please spread the word.
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Our instrument and services loan application for Summer 2025 is now open. High spatial and spectral resolution spectrometers are available for projects between July 2025 to May 2025 -- please feel free to get in touch to find out more about applying. @NCEOscience
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#OceanOpportunities Call for proposals: Outreach projects aimed at raising awareness about marine or freshwater ecosystems - Deadline 31 May 2025
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Make sure you're watching @channel5_tv on Sunday (9th Feb) at 7.30pm!
Our Polar Museum Curator, Dr David Waterhouse features in 'Ice Age: apocalypse' both on screen and as one of the mini-series' consultants.
channel5.com/show/ice-age-ap…
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A new Micropalaeontology Research Technician post has opened up @ES_UCL ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…
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Looking for your next role in Earth Observation research?🛰️ 🌍
The UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (@NorthumbriaUni) has just advertised a new research fellow position 👇
work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/…
#sciencejobs #careersinSTEM #academiajobs
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I'm hiring, two fully funded PhD positions! Come work in Umeå in Arctic Sweden, a leading place for high-latitude ecosystem ecology and carbon biogeochemistry
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Applications are open for our Caregiver Travel Grant 2025! Apply now for a chance to receive flexible funding to cover caregiving expenses while attending an in-person scientific conference! Apply: mothersinscience.com/caregiv… 📅 Deadline: March 31, 2025 #WomenInSTEM @Momademia
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🚨Abstract submission for the @SedimentaryDNA conference in Tromsø June 2025 will close on 10th January 2025. Submit your abstract here nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.co…
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🌡️ 🌍 2024 Hottest year ever recorded Globally
(4th warmest for UK)
Just a few hours ago, it was announced by the Met Office and Copernicus that 2024 is now officially the hottest year that Earth has ever recorded.
@Lauratobin1 explains.
Leeza Pickering retweeted
🌟 Exciting Volunteer Opportunity! 🌟
Curious about joining our Production Team? Check out the full position details on our website: bit.ly/SedkVProdTeam
If you're interested, send your application to: contact@sedimentologika.org
We’d love to hear from you! ✉️
Leeza Pickering retweeted
🚨My MSc thesis findings are now published in @SciReports!
These results show that High Arctic lakes are undergoing an accelerating ecological shift in the 21st century, signalling a troubling future for lakes at extreme latitudes💧🧭.
Full paper🔗: nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
Leeza Pickering retweeted
🚨#FundingOpportunity #PolarScience
The 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 call is open!
➡️for #ECRs
➡️for a first field trip to a polar or remote high-altitude region
✍️Apply by 16 January 2025, 12:00 (noon, 🇨🇭 time)
🔗swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-in…
We look forward to your proposals!
ALT Photo by Éliot Sicaud, all rights reserved. The picture was taken on Ward Hunt Island and shows a snowy landscape with a kitchen tent in the foreground and Walker Hill in the background.
Leeza Pickering retweeted
We're here at #BES2024, demonstrating how remote sensing can be used to boost your ecological research. Visit us at table 13 in the main poster hall, discuss how remote sensing can be used in your research, and see a field spectrometer in use @BritishEcolSoc @NCEOscience
ALT Our Operations Manager, Alex Merrington, at our BES 2024 stand.
Leeza Pickering retweeted
Entries for School’s Geology Challenge 2025 are now open!
Open to students aged 16-18, submit an entry to the qualifiers and be in with the chance of winning £500 to use towards geoscience education at your school.
To find out more: geolsoc.org.uk/geochallenge